Connecting sounds: The social life of music (Social Archaeology and Material Worlds)

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions, for example, and sometimes political interactions. They can be forms of identity work, for both individuals and collectives, contributing to the reproduction or bridging of social divisions. Successive chapters of the book track and explore these interplays, in each case combining a critical consideration of existing literature with the development of an original, ‘relational’ approach to music sociology. The result is a grand sociological vision of music which captures not only music’s context but ‘the music itself’. The book will appeal to social scientists, musicologists and cultural scholars more widely. "Nick Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions or political interactions, and sometimes both. They can be forms of identity work, for both individuals and collectives, contributing to the reproduction or bridging of social divisions. As such, music both shapes and is shaped by the wider network of relations and interactions making up our societies at their local, national an global levels. Successive chapters of the book track and explore these interplays, in each case combining a critical consideration of existing literature with the development of an original, 'relational' approach to music sociology. The result is a grand sociological vision of music which captures not only music's context but 'the music itself'. The book will appeal to social scientists, musicologists and cultural scholars more widely." -- Provided by publisher "Nick Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions or political interactions, and sometimes both. They can be forms of identity work, for both individuals and collectives, contributing to the reproduction or bridging of social divisions. As such, music both shapes and is shaped by the wider network of relations and interactions making up our societies at their local, national an global levels. Successive chapters of the book track and explore these interplays, in each case combining a critical consideration of existing literature with the development of an original, 'relational' approach to music sociology. The result is a grand sociological vision of music which captures not only music's context but 'the music itself'. The book will appeal to social scientists, musicologists and cultural scholars more widely." -- Site web de l'éditeur Front matter Dedication Contents Figures and tables Introduction Music as social interaction: embedded, embodied and multivalent Economic interactions: capitalism, industry and the mainstream Mainstream and beyond: the musical universe and its worlds Musicking networks: nodes, ties and worlds Semiotic interactions: meaning, communication and affect Practical interactions: use, taste, identity Division, inequality and taste: musicking in social space Political interactions: publics, protest and the avant-garde Discography Bibliography Index An Original And Compelling Account Of The Social Nature Of Music And Its Interplay With The Wider Society To Which It Belongs. Crossley Explores The Doing And Meanings Of Music, As Well As Its Interface With Economic, Political And Wider Social Structures.